churchyard at Edgbaston Old Church. He made it clear that he did not want notices of his death made public until after his cremation, which occurred on 7 November 1957, but this was not heeded and a full obituary appeared in the Birmingham Post on 5 November 1957. He also made further directions: 1) that all of his private papers be burned; 2) he bequeathed to his housekeeper, Alice Higgins, the sum of £1,000 and the choice of one of his pets; 3) to the Lord Mayor, Alderman and the citizens of Birmingham, his bronze "Solglitter" by Carl Milles, for display in the Museum & Art Gallery; 4) the remainder of his estate, which was valued at £24,180:18:6 (£566,253 in 2018), to be transferred to the University of Birmingham for the setting up of the "Haywood Scholarship", which exists today within the College of Arts and Law as the Haywood Doctoral Scholarship. On 2 November 2018, the Birmingham Civic Society unveiled a blue plaque to Haywood, which is located on the site of his practice offices at 37 Bennett's Hill, Birmingham. At that time the Chairman of the Society announced the inauguration of the William Haywood Prize for exceptional architectural or planning contribution to the City of Birmingham. Publications Haywood, William, "Pugin Travelling Studentship Report" to the RIBA on study tour of mediaeval architecture in North Wiltshire and Somerset 1897 Haywood, William, "The Development of Birmingham", 1918 Haywood, William, "The Work of The Birmingham Civic Society 1918–34", 1934 Haywood, William, "The Work of The Birmingham Civic Society 1918–46", 1946 References Last Will & Testament of William Haywood, dated 10 October 1955 Further reading Foster, Andy, Pevsner Architectural Guide – Birmingham, pp 26, 31, 144, 197, 242. . External links 1937 Birmingham Coronation Brochure 1876 births 1957 deaths Architects from Birmingham, West Midlands 20th-century English architects Academics of the University of Birmingham Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects Alumni of the Birmingham School of Art